Swipe provides two ways to create sales bills: Normal Sales Invoices and POS (Point of Sale) Invoices. Both help you record sales, but they are designed for different business needs.
1. What Is a Normal Sales Invoice?
A Normal Sales Invoice is suitable for businesses that create invoices for customers, record payments, and manage outstanding amounts.
Key features:
- Create invoices for customers.
- Add products or services with the required quantities, rates, and applicable taxes.
- Apply discounts and additional charges, where applicable.
- You can add Product images.
- You can add Notes, Terms and Addtional charges if needed.
- Maintain customer ledgers and track outstanding amounts.
- Share or download invoices for customers.
Best suited for: Wholesalers, distributors, service providers, and businesses that need to manage customer invoices and payments.
2. What Is a POS Invoice?
A POS (Point of Sale) Invoice is designed for businesses that handle counter sales and need to bill customers quickly at the time of purchase.
Key features:
- Create bills quickly for walk-in customers.
- Add products and quantities during billing.
- Apply available discounts.
- Record payments at the point of sale.
- Generate bills for counter transactions.
Best suited for: Retail stores, supermarkets, shops, and businesses that handle frequent walk-in customer transactions.